Filthy Rich: Hmph! Looks like I'm not the only one who left Mares Day to the last minute.

Sweetie Drops: There's just so many! How can I choose?!

[angry crowd chattering]

Rose: Now, hang on, everypony! We'll help all of you!

Sweetie Drops: How?!

Rarity: What I would do...

[crowd gasps]

Rarity: ...is pick flowers that accentuate my mane. It makes for a captivating color story when you present them to whomever they're intended.

[boop]

[flowers rustling]

Lily Valley: That's it!

Rose: Color consultations was a great idea, Rarity! Now, what can we do for you?

Rarity: Oh, darling, I need a dozen lavender pieces for Photo Finish's shoot on the most beautiful manes in Equestria.

[beat]

Rarity: I know you're swamped, but it's for Vanity Mare! She's going to take pictures of my mane, so color coordination is a must.

Rose: Anything for you, Rarity.

[fans blowing]

Rarity: Have you a single big one? If the wind came from one direction, it would really intensify the effect.

Mr. Breezy: I don't. Uh, but I could make you one! It's not like I've got anything else to do.

[door opens]

[whistle]

Rarity: Hmm. I do enjoy the windswept look, but other ponies might need to see it before they feel it.

[switch clicks]

[door opens]

[ponies aah-ing]

Rarity: My mane will be flowing over the chaise in the tableau I have in mind. But I was hoping to choose the color. Could you make one in a pale yellow? I need something across the color wheel from this. [giggles]

"Chelsea Porcelain": Oh, if these came in different colors, I'd buy one for every room.

Davenport: Hmm... Sales have been down. More colors it is!

[bits clinking]

[bell rings]

Rarity: Pinkie? I need to put Photo Finish in a good mood, and nothing creates a better mood than your confecti— Ooh. Am I interrupting?

Pinkie Pie: We were just celebrating the anniversary of the twins' first sneezes! [giggles] [clears throat]

Pinkie Pie: Anything about curls that keep on curling until your whole body is one big curl?

Zecora: [laughs] There is one story I nearly forgot: of an Earth pony who needed to clean up her shop.

Pinkie Pie: Wow! That's just what I have to do! Huh, weird.

Zecora: Perhaps it'd be better if I were more clear. You can't clean up Sugarcube Corner from here.

Pinkie Pie: Geez, Zecora, I can take a hint.

Zecora: With just a few drops, any mess you'll improve if you focus on that which you want to remove.

Pinkie Pie: It won't be hard to focus on the super-sticky celebration string. It's kinda the only thing you can see.

Pinkie Pie: Zecora says it would only take a few drops, but I figured we should all chip in. Just in case! Remember to only focus on the party string. We don't wanna accidentally remove anything else.

Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake: [babbling]

Pinkie Pie: Ooh! Sudsy! [giggles]

Rarity: [humming] A relaxing shower really gives you the chance to focus on the fabulosity of your mane! [laughs, sniff sniff] Not the most pleasant scent, but it gets the job done. [humming] My mane feels lighter alrea— [screams]

Zecora: [sipping]

[door opens]

Zecora: [spits]

Rarity: It's important that you know that I am not pointing hooves, but—

Zecora: I don't understand. Is that you, Rarity? Why would you think to point your hooves at me?

Rarity: Let's just say I understand why your shampoo hasn't made a splash in the marketplace.

[cloak rustling]

Rarity: Goodness, Zecora! You could at least pretend it isn't that bad!

Zecora: I'm sorry, my dear, but there is nothing to say. You just took the wrong potion from here yesterday.

Zecora: No, this lack of hair was put into motion when you mistakenly washed with remover potion.

Rarity: [laughing] Oh, what a relief! Well, if you could just whip up a cure, I'll be on my way. So much to do before the shoot tomorrow.

Zecora: As I mentioned before, there's no easy fix. Mane-mending magic's the trickiest of tricks.

Rarity: [mumbling] Sorry?

Zecora: I doubt that your mane has left us forever. There is a chance we can fix it, I think, if we're clever.

Rarity: W-w-w-w-w-w-wait, there's, there's a chance?! You think?!

Zecora: I need to focus if I'm to work any faster. One wrong ingredient spells utter disaster. You should go finish your list of to-dos. Keep your mind off of all of these mane-losing blues.

[ponies chattering]

Rarity: [exhales] There's nothing to worry about. Zecora will have a cure before I've even finished my to-dos. But I don't know if I can even show my face looking like this!

Caramel: [gasps]

"Mint Flower": [crying]

Rose: I'm sorry, miss, but I can't match your mane if I can't see it.

Golden Harvest: What about mine?

Rose: Marigold, I should think!

Rarity: Uh, sorry. I, uh, believe it was my turn, and I-I-I-I just need to pick up some—

[flowers rustling]

Golden Harvest: Perfect!

Merry May: Now me!

[squeak]

Customer Pony: It's wonderful how this display shows that your fans provide just the right amount of air!

Mr. Breezy: Well, I owe it all to Rarity.

Rarity: Oh, so kind of you to say. I-I—

Mr. Breezy: Kindness has nothing to do with it! Rarity always knows how to make something look its best. Probably because she looks so good herself! That ain't something us non-fabulous folk here can understand.

Rarity: N-Non-fabulous?!

[customers agreeing]

[ponies muttering]

Davenport: Now I appreciate everypony's interest in our new sofa colors, but the yellow one is spoken for.

Rarity: Oh, thank you, Davenport. Um, perhaps I can pick it up once everypony leav—

Berryshine: I'll give you twice whatever the pony who wants to buy the yellow one is paying!

Sprinkle Medley: Three times!

Rarity: But— But— I— I—

Davenport: Sold!

[ripping noise]

[crowd gasps]

Rarity: [worried shriek]

Rarity: I can't believe how differently ponies treat you when you can't command their attention.

Rarity: [panicked stuttering] B-But Zecora said there was still a chance!

[door opens]

Zecora: At last, Rarity, I have searched for so long! What I told you before was totally wrong!

Twilight Sparkle: Zecora, you found a cure? That's amazing!

Rarity: [sighs in relief] You mean I'll get my fabulous mane back in time for the shoot?

Zecora: Oh, no. I'm afraid I can't fix it before the big shoot. But in time, the hair will grow back from the root. There's no magical cure to hasten us through it, unless you went backward in time to undo it.

Starlight Glimmer: Uh-uh. I think we can both say that's not a good option.

Rarity: [groans, bawling]

Rarity: I have always believed that the right outfit can make up for any other areas that are lacking. But I will need your honest opinions. [nervous ta-da] How awful is it?

Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash: [simultaneously] Uhhh...

Opalescence: [yowls]

Rarity: Oh, come on! Can't anypony pretend it's not bad?!

Fluttershy: We could, um, try.

Rainbow Dash: Maybe...?

Rarity: Well, if any of you have an idea how to make this disaster look good enough for Photo Finish's piece in Vanity Mare on the most beautiful manes in Equestria, [sobbing] I'm open to hearing it!

Applejack: Is that all?

Rainbow Dash: No problem!

Rarity: Hm?

[Bessie being milked]

Rarity: I don't understand, Applejack. How is milking a cow going to help?

Applejack: That's just it. It looks like we hired a new milkmaid...

Granny Smith: This is pretty close to my color as a young'un!

Applejack: Just a little down-home ingenuity.

Rarity: It's a good idea, Applejack, but Photo Finish is looking for the most beautiful manes, not bonnets.